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Marjetica Potrc

Artist and Architect

www.potrc.org

Research Interests

Marjetica Potrc is an artist and architect based in Ljubljana, Slovenia.  In 2005, she was a Visiting Professor at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and in 2006, she is a Visiting Professor in the Advanced Course in Visual Arts at the Fondazione Antonio Ratti in Como, Italy, and at the Staedelschule Art Academy in Frankfurt am Main. In addition, she has presented lectures at the Architectural League (New York), Goldsmiths College (London), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the National College of Art and Design (Dublin), and many other places.  Marjetica’s work has been the subject of numerous articles in such publications as Artforum International, Art in America, and Afterall, as well as the subject of several monographs, including Marjetica Potrc: Urgent Architecture (Lake Worth, Florida: PBICA, 2004); Urban Negotiation (Valencia, Spain: IVAM, 2003); and Next Stop, Kiosk (Ljubljana: Museum of Modern Art, 2003).  She has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including two grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation (1993 and 1999), a Philip Morris Kunstfoerderung grant (2000), the Hugo Boss Prize 2000, a Caracas Case Project Fellowship from the German Federal Cultural Foundation and the Caracas Urban Think Tank (2002), the AICA U.S. Art Critics Association Award (2004), and a grant to participate in IASPIS - International Artists' Studio Program in Sweden (2006).

Exhibitions

Marjetica’s work has been exhibited extensively throughout Europe and the Americas.  Shows include, amongst many others:

  1. (1996 and 2006) Sao Paolo Biennial
  2. (1997) Skulptur: Projekte in Muenster
  3. (2003) The Structure of Survival, Venice Biennial
  4. (2005) FarSites, San Diego Museum of Art  
  5. (2005) M City, Kunsthaus Graz

She has had solo exhibitions at:

  1. (2002 and 2005) Guggenheim Museum, New York
  2. (2002 and 2005) Max Protetch Gallery, New York
  3. (2003) Nordenhake Gallery, Berlin (2003)
  4. (2003) PBICA in Lake Worth, Florida
  5. (2004) List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  6. (2004) De Appel Foundation for Contemporary Art, Amsterdam

She has also created many on-site installations, including:

  1. (2004) Balcony with Wind Turbine, Liverpool Biennial
  2. (2005) Genesis, on permanent display at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo.

Marjetica Potrc's essays on contemporary urban architecture include:

  1. (2005) 'Temporary Territories’ in Beyond Green: Toward a Sensible Art, Chicago: David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago.
  2. (2003) 'Five Ways to Urban Independence' in Dreams and Conflicts - The Dictatorship of the Viewer Venice: Venice Biennial.
  3. (2002) 'Back to Basics: Objects and Buildings' in Designs for the Real World Vienna: Generali Foundation